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k_albasi t1_jeboze8 wrote

Reply to comment by 0YaKnow in Do you skip or skim when reading fiction? by GraniteGeekNH

I have the opposite take. I'd skim a textbook because I only need the most relevant information but wouldn't skim fiction because it's enjoyable and I want the full experience. If an author describes a tree for several pages I'd just stop reading it entirely.

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0YaKnow t1_jebs075 wrote

In high school and undergrad I’d read the whole text book. Grad school killed that quick. 500 pages per class multiple nights a week plus journal articles for independent research. If you’re reading every word in grad school you’ll never survive.

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